CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Got a question about the Cavs? Send it in. Submit your question at cleveland.com/heymary and Plain Dealer Cavs beat writer Mary Schmitt Boyer will choose at least one to answer each week.

Hey, Mary: Do you think the reason that there is no word on Mike Brown's future is that they're waiting to see if any coach gets fired after the first round of the playoffs? -- Angelo Costanzo, Cleveland

Hey, Angelo: Your guess is as good as mine. I do think there's a possibility that owner Dan Gilbert thinks he moved too fast after last season in firing Byron Scott and hiring Brown in a week, and that he wants to take his time this season and be sure about the people he has in charge, including acting General Manager David Griffin and Brown. But we're just going to have to wait to ask him.

Hey, Mary: All year long I watched Tristan Thompson and Anthony Bennett get their shots blocked under the basket by trying to go straight up. This might sound like a silly question, but in Canada do they not teach how to use the rim as protection when trying to score under the basket? It would seem to me that Mike Brown would show tape of under-sized players like Charles Barkley, Zack Randolph, and even Jared Sullinger scoring under the rim. -- Omar Tucker, Cleveland

Hey, Omar: While both players are Canadians, and played for some national teams, they both went to high school and college in the U.S. You have identified a problem for both players, but I don't think Canadian basketball is to blame.

Hey, Mary: We all know that the Cavs are gonna try to pursue LeBron James this summer, but have you thought about going vintage and bringing back Carlos Boozer and Mo Williams? Boozer would give some inside muscle on defense plus some inside out scoring that Tristan Thomson has not provided, while Williams would give some solid scoring off the bench once Waiters is traded. -- Chris Taylor, Columbus

Hey, Chris: I think the Cavs actually might take a look at Boozer if the Bulls amnesty him and his $16.8 million salary for next season, though I don't think it would be popular with fans. Mo Williams never wanted to leave Cleveland, but the Cavs really don't need another small guard.

Hey, Mary: Many steps down the road, but spending all and going into luxury tax land, could the Cavs keep all our free-agents (Luol Deng, Spencer Hawes and C.J. Miles), the current team -- including Anderson Varejao -- and add LeBron also? -- Gregg, Raleigh, N.C.

Hey, Gregg: Because of the cap holds on the current players, they couldn't keep all those guys and add a max free agent. One possibility is that they could sign Hawes and a max free agent, and use a "room exception" to keep Miles.

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